All posts by Rick Hasen

“Iowa entrance poll: Most GOP caucusgoers don’t accept Biden’s 2020 win, say a conviction wouldn’t make Trump unfit for office”

January 16, 2024, 6:50 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

CNN: Most Iowa GOP caucusgoers refuse to accept President Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory and say they would view former President Donald Trump, whom CNN projected will win the caucuses Monday night, as fit for office even if convicted of… Continue reading

“News Outlets Make an Early Call in Iowa, and a Backlash Ensues”

January 16, 2024, 6:48 amcampaignsRick Hasen

NYT: While news outlets typically refrain from announcing a projection until after polls have closed, Iowa’s caucuses are not typical. Voters must be present by 7 p.m., when the caucus doors close, and The A.P. considers this moment the equivalent… Continue reading

“Prince William County admits election tally in 2020 shorted Joe Biden”

January 15, 2024, 4:20 pmelection administrationRick Hasen

NBC Washington: A Northern Virginia county acknowledged it underreported President Joe Biden’s margin of victory over Donald Trump there in the 2020 presidential election by about 4,000 votes, the first detailed accounting of errors that came to light in 2022… Continue reading

“Trumper gets jail time in voter fraud case involving dead father’s ballot”

January 15, 2024, 7:07 amchicaneryRick Hasen

Villages-News: An official active in the Villagers for Trump group has been sentenced to jail time in a voter fraud case involving his dead father’s mail-in ballot. Robert Rivernider Jr., 58, was sentenced to 180 days in jail on Tuesday after… Continue reading

“Majority of Iowa caucusgoers say Trump conviction wouldn’t affect their support”

January 15, 2024, 7:03 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

NBC News: More than 6-in-10 likely Republican caucusgoers — 61% — say that it doesn’t matter to their support if former President Donald Trump is convicted of a crime before the general election, according to the latest numbers from the… Continue reading

“Super PACs have broken records with their spending in Iowa”

January 14, 2024, 8:12 pmcampaign finance, campaignsRick Hasen

Politico: utside groups have poured tens of millions of dollars into Iowa to boost — or knock — the Republican presidential candidates. Since the start of 2023, super PACs have spent more than $85 million on TV ads across the… Continue reading

“Caucuses leave many Iowans out in the cold – and not just in bad weather”

January 14, 2024, 8:10 pmprimariesRick Hasen

Patrick Marley for WaPo: To some here, the Iowa caucuses are an exemplar of democracy, binding communities together and allowing everyday voters to connect with candidates who, a year from now, may be running the country. To others, they are… Continue reading

“Subzero Temperatures Are Set to Make Iowa’s Caucuses the Coldest in History” (Yet Another Reason to Kill the Caucuses)

January 13, 2024, 6:46 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

NYT: When Iowa voters brave frigid weather to caucus on Monday, they will be participating in one of the coldest caucuses in decades — perhaps ever. A brutal combination of prolonged, below-freezing temperatures and strong winds have created conditions for… Continue reading

“3 people mistakenly eat laundry detergent in Taiwan election giveaway gone awry”

January 13, 2024, 6:43 pmUncategorizedRick Hasen

AP: At least three people were hospitalized after mistakenly eating colorful pods of liquid laundry detergent that were distributed as a campaign freebie in Taiwan’s presidential race, according to Taiwanese media reports. One of the victims said she… Continue reading

‘Wisconsin Supreme Court receives 7 sets of proposed legislative maps in gerrymandering case”

January 13, 2024, 6:40 pmredistrictingRick Hasen

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: The Wisconsin Supreme Court is now considering a handful of proposed changes to the state’s legislative boundaries after Republicans, Democrats, university professors and partisan law firms submitted options as part of a lawsuit aimed at making the state’s… Continue reading

“Bill would allow Georgia election investigations of Raffensperger”

January 12, 2024, 11:11 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

AJC: A Republican-sponsored bill introduced Friday would empower the State Election Board to investigate Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a response to the board’s decision last month not to open an inquiry. The measure would also remove Raffensperger, a… Continue reading

“Americans divided on how SCOTUS should handle Trump ballot access: POLL”

January 12, 2024, 10:36 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

ABC News: Americans are divided on how the U.S. Supreme Court should handle former President Donald Trump’s ballot access, but a majority in a new ABC News/Ipsos poll say they would support the court either barring Trump from presidential… Continue reading

Governor Sununu of NH Pledges to Support Trump if He’s the Republican Nominee, Even if Trump is Convicted of a Felony

January 12, 2024, 7:09 amUncategorizedRick Hasen

State of the Republican Party today: Gov. Chris Sununu of New Hampshire, who has been a vocal critic of former President Donald J. Trump, nonetheless committed on Wednesday to supporting him if he won the Republican nomination, even if he… Continue reading

“Former Maryland elections official charged in January 6 case”

January 11, 2024, 12:39 pmchicanery, election administrationRick Hasen

CNN: A member of Maryland’s Board of Elections has resigned after being charged with taking part in the mob during the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol and jabbing an officer during the melee with a flagpole. Carlos… Continue reading